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Posts published in November 2022

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022

Pleasant | Holiday Wreaths | Maria D'Amato | Eel Bridge | Catalytic Heist | Foodbank Donations | Willits Fatality | Corte Madera | Skatepark Project | Polypore Swirl | Academic Achievement | Cache Creek | Holiday Dinner | Botanical | Pillows & Fridges | Bridge | Ed Notes | Sunning | Native Gardens | Riggs Ranch | Gro Permits | Wagon | Wave Up | Unloading Wood | Needs Help | Kelseyville | Police Reports | Yesterday's Catch | Aspiring Musicians | Neon Bar | UC Strike | Heartbeat | LA River | Kawanishi | Social Security | Wheel Research | Frigging Elections | My Ex | Trump Fatigue | Demon King | Trump Town | Military Empire | Silence | Ukraine | Country Scene

Reflections On EPIC’s Annual Achievement Awards

Humboldt County’s Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC), founded in 1977, has a modest name. Indeed, information’s uses are modest: the gravest warnings are useless if they do not spark action toward safety. UN Secretary-General Antonio…

More Ham In Your Cheerios, Dear?

Bought me some ham a couple weeks back. Purchasing a ham would not ordinarily warrant an ordinary column but it was no ordinary ham. It was one of those hand-cured Tennessee hams from a family…

Mendocino County Today: Monday, Nov. 14, 2022

Fall Weather | Sunlit | Gauges Wanted | Stagecoach | Eel Cleanup | Holiday Wreaths | La Nina | Parade | Staffing Crisis | Smithies | AVUSD News | Panther Schedules | Pilates Nook | Macho Rescue | Improve Ukiah | Weed Awards | Journalism Legislation | Toll House | Ed Notes | Mosaic Showroom | Magic Banjo | Church | Elk Inn | Log Hauling | MHS History | Yesterday's Catch | Flu Activity | Hot Springs | Refund Headache | Dummy Markup | Bike Future | Ox Team | Pop Right | Spooner Book | Halfway Niners | Steel Plant | Eureka Chinatown | Matte Painting | Got Drunk | Stupid Answer | Family Reunion | Do Things | Saloon | Trump Love | Age Vote | Well Trained | The Kiss | Unready Aircraft | Hog Heaven | Ukraine | Conundrum

From Joy To Pain And Back Again

Life and death on Oct. 26: How one day turned great joy into great pain, then great pain into great joy. Carolyn In 1965, 20-year-old Carolyn was traveling with friends in Germany when she met…

Another Kind of ‘Arkie’: Bill Holcomb, Rule, Texas

Bill Holcomb regularly joins the Valley elite’s morning meeting at Mosswood downtown Boonville for coffee and discussion of local and world affairs. Friday a week ago I met Bill there around 9 AM, too chilly…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022

Clear Cold | Art Tour | Sandbar Holds | Caltrans Rescue | Autumn Grape | AV Events | Taco Tip | Turkey Challenge | Highway Fatalities | Promoting Bragg | Spot Wanted | Pet Sawyer | Embezzlement Bureau | Chandelier Tree | Electric Truck | Log Hauler | Marco Radio | Frank Mathison | Milo Guido | In Harper's | Yesterday's Catch | Kwan Tai | Metamorphosis | Funny Criminals | Jack Shot | Short Visit | Virinda Longmire | Queen Bees | Write Up | What Is | Blatant Corruption | Mt. Shasta | Jack Dempsey | Jealous God | Gas Pumps | Counting Votes | Little Sailor | Hummingbirds | Earthworms | Ukraine | Shock Troops | General Diplomacy | Gassed | Wanker Mag | Bunny Hop

Victims

I'm trying to figure out why my neighbors are still driving fast on the little country road just outside my house despite my signs, and I refuse to believe that they are being intentionally rude.…

Autumn in New York: On the Finger Lakes Trail

Ithaca, New York — After spending three weeks in Seattle, smoke-choked from the Bolt Creek Fire burning north of the city, I returned to Upstate New York. Here the skies were blue and the foliage…

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